Journal rankings · indicator year 2003
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Subfield ranking · 2003
Physiology journal rankings 2003
67 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Physiology has 67 ranked journals in 2003. The median OJR fell 0.09 on 2002 to 0.71, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.24. The top three are American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Pain, and Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2003. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery378
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine140
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine128
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health128
- Oncology103
- Epidemiology89
- Infectious Diseases82
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging69
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism60
Show all 42 subfields
- Hematology48
- Dermatology47
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health47
- Ophthalmology41
- Obstetrics and Gynecology39
- Nephrology27
- Pharmacology27
- Rheumatology27
- Emergency Medicine22
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine17
- Rehabilitation16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine12
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
67 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2002. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2000–2002 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2003. | Compare |
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1American Journal of Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.23Q1 | 3.54 0.98 up from 2002 | 495 | 11% | $3,300 | ||
2PainLippincott Williams & Wilkins · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 4.92 0.43 down from 2002 | 759 | 2% | — | ||
3Nicotine & Tobacco ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.07Q1 | 5.40 2.14 up from 2002 | 47 | 14% | $5,392 | ||
4Obesity ResearchWiley · United States | 1.92Q1 | 3.89 0.61 up from 2002 | 409 | 59% | — | ||
5The Journals of Gerontology Series AOxford University Press · United States | 1.85Q1 | 5.32 1.08 up from 2002 | 560 | 30% | $4,408 | ||
6International Journal of ObesitySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 3.62 0.72 up from 2002 | 801 | 6% | $4,790 | ||
7Annals of Behavioral MedicineOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.73Q1 | 3.12 0.73 up from 2002 | 124 | 23% | $4,433 | ||
8American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and MetabolismAmerican Physiological Society · United States | 1.59Q1 | 4.23 0.65 up from 2002 | 925 | 7% | — | ||
9Exercise and Sport Sciences ReviewsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.58Q1 | 3.01 0.83 up from 2002 | 72 | 0% | — | ||
10Preventive MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.52Q1 | 2.65 0.39 up from 2002 | 464 | 4% | $3,650 | ||
11European Journal of Clinical NutritionSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 2.43 0.24 up from 2002 | 378 | 9% | $3,590 | ||
12Journal of Applied PhysiologyAmerican Physiological Society · United States | 1.37Q1 | 3.34 0.45 up from 2002 | 1,894 | 4% | — | ||
13Clinical ChemistryAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry · United States | 1.33Q1 | 3.29 0.43 up from 2002 | 1,314 | 25% | $4,636 | ||
14American Journal of Clinical PathologyOxford University Press · United States | 1.29Q1 | 3.00 0.05 up from 2002 | 604 | 23% | $4,660 | ||
15Experimental GerontologyOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.28Q1 | 3.52 0.42 down from 2002 | 430 | 3% | $3,400 | ||
16Nitric OxideElsevier BV · United States | 1.28Q1 | 3.07 0.47 up from 2002 | 187 | 2% | $3,400 | ||
17Nutrition ReviewsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.24Q1 | 2.19no 2002 value | 70 | 14% | $4,981 | ||
18American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative PhysiologyAmerican Physiological Society · United States | 1.22Q2 | 3.63 0.44 up from 2002 | 1,369 | 3% | — | ||
19NutritionElsevier BV · United States | 1.20Q2 | 2.16 0.01 up from 2002 | 749 | 2% | $3,870 | ||
20Nutrition and CancerRoutledge · United States | 1.18Q2 | 2.10no change | 305 | 0% | — | ||
21Addictive BehaviorsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.16Q2 | 1.84 0.15 up from 2002 | 297 | 4% | $4,450 | ||
22Mechanisms of Ageing and DevelopmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.08Q2 | 3.61 0.48 up from 2002 | 458 | 2% | $4,780 | ||
23Acta NeuropathologicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.03Q2 | 2.76 0.42 up from 2002 | 519 | 3% | $4,990 | ||
24Physiology & BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 0.95Q2 | 2.34 0.43 up from 2002 | 839 | 5% | $3,500 | ||
25BiogerontologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.95Q2 | 2.73 0.36 up from 2002 | 122 | 0% | $4,790 | ||
26Aging Clinical and Experimental ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Italy | 0.93Q2 | 1.26 0.42 down from 2002 | 176 | 8% | $4,490 | ||
27Tobacco ControlBMJ · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 2.32 0.26 up from 2002 | 329 | 97% | — | ||
28Ageing Research ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.89Q2 | 5.00no 2002 value | 47 | 6% | $5,520 | — | |
29Clinical BiochemistryElsevier BV · United States | 0.82Q2 | 1.92 0.11 up from 2002 | 315 | 2% | $3,000 | ||
30Clinical NutritionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 1.58 0.14 down from 2002 | 279 | 2% | $3,320 | ||
31Microvascular ResearchElsevier BV · United States | 0.81Q2 | 2.02 0.30 up from 2002 | 261 | 0% | $3,340 | ||
32Proceedings of The Society for Experimental Biology and MedicineWiley · United States | 0.80Q2 | —no 2002 value | 247 | — | — | ||
33Journal of AsthmaTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.73Q2 | 1.51 0.09 up from 2002 | 229 | 0% | — | ||
34Journal of EpidemiologyOAJapan Epidemiological Association · Japan | 0.71Q2 | 0.86 0.65 down from 2002 | 229 | 100% | $1,356 | ||
35Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.63Q3 | 1.36 0.31 up from 2002 | 238 | 28% | $4,150 | ||
36Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)De Gruyter · Germany | 0.60Q3 | 1.28 0.08 up from 2002 | 719 | 6% | $2,712 | ||
37Experimental PhysiologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 0.60Q3 | 1.47 0.09 down from 2002 | 260 | 45% | $2,940 | ||
38Journal of Aging and Physical ActivityHuman Kinetics · United States | 0.60Q3 | 1.00 0.17 up from 2002 | 113 | 20% | — | ||
39Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory InvestigationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.53Q3 | 0.98 0.01 down from 2002 | 301 | 7% | — | ||
40Nutritional NeuroscienceTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 0.51Q3 | 1.69 0.57 up from 2002 | 131 | 4% | — | ||
41Journal of VoiceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.47Q3 | 0.15 0.03 up from 2002 | 1,277 | 1% | $3,650 | ||
42Journal of Nutritional Science and VitaminologyOACenter for Academic Publications Japan · Japan | 0.39Q3 | 0.80 0.06 up from 2002 | 212 | 100% | — | ||
43Logopedics Phoniatrics VocologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.36Q3 | 0.89 0.55 up from 2002 | 65 | 9% | — | ||
44Sleep And BreathingSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.35Q3 | 1.00 0.53 up from 2002 | 72 | 2% | $3,790 | ||
45Nutrition in Clinical CareWiley · United States | 0.35Q3 | 0.68 0.38 up from 2002 | 100 | — | — | ||
46Folia Phoniatrica et LogopaedicaKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.34Q3 | 0.76 0.26 up from 2002 | 72 | 21% | — | ||
47Biological Research For NursingSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.34Q3 | 0.73no change | 74 | 18% | $4,150 | ||
48Sao Paulo Medical JournalOAMedical Association of São Paulo · Brazil | 0.34Q3 | 0.59 0.13 down from 2002 | 140 | 100% | — | ||
49Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical PharmacologyThomson Reuters · Spain | 0.34Q3 | 0.65 0.04 down from 2002 | 210 | 0% | — | ||
50Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory SciencesTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.32Q3 | 3.59 0.95 down from 2002 | 38 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Physiology highlighted.
- Surgery378
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine140
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine128
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health128
- Oncology103
- Epidemiology89
- Infectious Diseases82
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging69
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism60
- Hematology48
- Dermatology47
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health47
- Ophthalmology41
- Obstetrics and Gynecology39
- Nephrology27
- Pharmacology27
- Rheumatology27
- Emergency Medicine22
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine17
- Rehabilitation16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine12
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2003. Corpus-wide, 70.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
24 additional Physiology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2000–2002, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2003. Publication window: 2000–2002. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 67
- Window papers (baseline)
- 52,236 +18.8% from indicator year 2000
- Median OJR
- 0.71 +21.0% from indicator year 2000
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2000–2002 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 59 | 62 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 91 | 95 | 104 | 110 | 120 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 143 | 155 | 160 | 163 | 163 | 162 | 161 | 159 | 154 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 43,956 | 48,028 | 49,863 | 52,236 | 52,608 | 55,626 | 58,658 | 62,565 | 65,322 | 70,406 | 76,421 | 81,146 | 83,401 | 84,300 | 88,598 | 93,045 | 98,474 | 102,056 | 105,556 | 109,112 | 113,571 | 121,103 | 127,537 | 130,703 | 130,394 | 133,596 | |
| Median OJR | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.778 | 0.781 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.836 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.943 | 0.975 | 0.970 | 0.96 | 0.940 | 0.878 | 0.837 | 0.841 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.884 | 0.82 | 0.87 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.